Andreas Dresen Movies

Student film depicting recess at a grade school.

Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard...

German national election campaign 2002: Henryk Wichmann from the conservative party is fighting a lost battle in the Uckermark.

Founded in 1954 as the “Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst”, today's “Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen” is...

What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.

A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the...

A renowned actor named Otto is the epitome of the problematic but beloved ladies man. Even when drunk he still knows more about filmmaking than does...

Spring 1990, Berlin: Young Niyazi of Turkish descent works at McDonald's in West Berlin and wants to return to Istanbul as soon as possible. He has...

To save her married friend's African lover from deportation, Britta enters into a marriage of convenience with Farouk. With the handsome stranger,...

A desolate provincial railway station and six People waiting for the late connecting train to the main station. About itchy feet and the longing of...

A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.

Under the artistic direction of director Andreas Dresen, 20 renowned documentary filmmakers, experienced television writers, and teams tell stories...

GDR, the last working day of an industrial worker between loud machines, shower cabins and life prospects agains all reason.

For more than thirty years, Andreas Dresen has been exploring the question of what makes someone German. Without resorting to patriotism, Dresen's...

Susanne and Dieter are 20 years old. They have just got a Baby. Family life could start now, but Dieter has to join the army. The film accompanies...

Two couples meet on a deserted beach. Politeness soon turns into an emotional and physical striptease.

A documentary on day-to-day life of a small GDR-Brigade in Zimbabwe educating young Africans as construction workers. Best intentions meet exported...